Water elevating and distributing system.



No. 832,930. PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906. A.D.STRONG.

WATER ELEVATING AND DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1-905.

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A. D. STRONG. WATER BLEVATING AND DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed June 10, 1905.. Serial No. 264.702.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER D. STRONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashtabula, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Water Elevatin and Dis tributing Systems, of which the fol owing is a specification.

This invention is designed chiefly as an improvement on the system for which Letters atent of the United States were granted me October 29, 1901, No. 685,495, the purpose being to enable the compressed-air inlet and the air-outlet of the water reservoir or tank to be controlled from any room or convenient place at one operation and to obviate the annoyance and inconvenience occasioned by having to wait for the water-tank to fill or receive a charge should it be found empty when attempting to draw water from any of the outlets of the service-pipe.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire aknowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the'invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departin from the spirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the valve mechanism. Fig. 3

is a detail perspective view of a modification showing two water reservoirs or tanks and duplex valve mechanisms. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the duplex valve mechamsm.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Figs. 1 and 2 show an arrangement of the devices cooperating with a single reservoir or tank, whereas Figs. 3 and 4 show two tanks or reservoirs and cooperating parts, whereby when one tank is wholly or in part empty the supply of water is drawn from the other tank, thereby enabling the empty tank to be filled without causing any annoyance or inconvenience to the person desiring to draw water from an outlet of the service-pipe.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1,'Aindicates an air-compressor of any construction either to be operated by hand or in any de sired way. A reservoir B is connected by pipe I) with the compressor, so as to be charged thereby. The water reservoir or tank C is closed and receivesa supplyof water from a suitable source by means of pipe D, provided with the usual check-valve d. The service-pipe E is connected with the reservoir or tank C and conveys water to the different rooms or other required point of use.

A pipe 1 enters the reservoir or tank 0 and connects at one end with a valve 2, whose opposite end is connected by pipe 3 with the compressed-air reservoir B. A pipe 4, in communication with the upper portion of the tank 0, is connected at its upper end with a valve 5, the opposite end of said valve having communication with the air to provide an escape for the air confined in the tank C displaced by the water flowing therein through the pipe D. The valve-stems of the valves 2 and 5 are connected to a lever 6, fulcrumed between its ends to a standard 7, projected upward from a framework 8, supporting the valve mechanism. A Weight 9 is slidable upon the lever 6 and causes depression of one or the other end of said'lever 6, whereby the supply of water to the tank 0 and the discharge of Water from said tank are controlled. For convenience in the operation of the weight 9 a cord or rope 10 is provided, the same having positive connection with the Weight 9 and passing around a guidepulley 11 at one end of the lever 6 and having its portions passed around guide-pulleys 12 and extended to a convenient point or points for operation. In this connection it is to be understood that the operatin cord 10 may have branches leading to the di erent rooms of a dwelling or to any other convenient point, so that the person desiring to obtain a supply of water may operate the weight 9 to permit the tank C to be recharged or to receive a supply of compressed air, as may be required.

The reservoir B is charged with air under pressure, and a regulator 13 controls the supply to the pipe 3, and consequently to the tank C. When the tank C is charged, the valve 5 is closed and the valve 2 opened.

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Hence the water confined in the tank C is acted upon by pressure, and in the event of any outlet of the service-pipe E being opened the water flows freely therefrom, as will be readily understood. When the tank C be comes empty or it is required to replenish the same, the weight 9 is moved upon the lever 6 to cause said lever to assume a reverse position, whereby the valve 2 is closed and the valve 5 opened. This permits the water to pass freely from the source of supply through the pipe D into the tank C, the displaced air finding aready outlet through the pipe 4 and the other is adapted to supply the water drawn from the service-pipe E. A branch D connects the tanks, and the supply-pipe D is coupled thereto, check-valves being interposed in the arms of said branch between the connection of the pi e D therewith and the respective tanks. branch E similarly connects the service-pipe E with each of the tanks Band B, and its arms are provided with check-valves e, which operate in alternation similarly to the check-valves d. Two sets of valves 2 and 5 are required, and the pipes 3, leading from one end of the valves 2, connect with a head F, to which the pipe 3 from the compressed-air reservoir B connects. A valve f controls communication between each pipe 3 and the head F, thereby admitting of either one of the sets of valves and tank B or B being cut out. The stems of corresponding valves 2 and 5 are connected by levers 6, and said levers are coupled, by means of tie-rods 14, to move in unison. A beam 15 is mounted upon the tie-rods 14 to oscillate with the levers 6, the whole constituting a pivoted frame or structure. The weight 9 is slidably mounted upon the beam 15 and is controlled by an operating cord or rope 10, passed around guide-pulleys 11 and 12 in the manner stated. When the weight 9 is moved toward one end of the pivoted frame, the valves 2 and 5 at the corresponding end are opened, thereby venting the tank B and shutting off the vent and supply of water to the tank B and opening the supply of comressed air thereto. Upon opening any outet of the servicei e E the water is drawn from the tank B. hen the tank B is in circuit, the tank B is out of circuit and receiving a supply. When it is required to recharge the tank B,the weight 9 is shifted to theopposite end of the pivoted frame, thereby closing the valves 2 and 5, cooperating with the tank B, and o ening the valves in cooperating relation with the tank B, thereby cutting the tank B out of circuit and throwing the tank B in circuit, so that the water may be drawn from the tank B u on opening an outlet of the service-pipe uring the time that the tank B is out of circuit and replenishing. The provision of the two tanks B and B and the duplex set of valves enables water to be drawn at all times without necessitating waiting for the tank to be charged in the event of it being found empty when it is required to draw water therefrom. The shifting of the weight from one end of the pivoted frame or lever to the other simultaneously vents the tank and shuts off the supply of compressed air or closes the vent and opens the valve controlling the supply of compressed air to the tank.

In my previous system, herein noted, two operations were required, and failure to roperly operate the two sets of valves wou d result in ino erativeness of the apparatus. Moreover, tie operating cord or rope provides convenient means for controlllng the valves from any selected or desired point.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Ina water elevating and distributing system, the combination of an air-tight tank, a valved ipe for automatically supplying water to t e tank when the internal pressure is relieved, a valve-controlled vent having connection with the up er portion of the said tank, a valve-contro led compressed-airsupply pipe having connection with the lower portion of said tank, a lever fulcrumed between its ends and having the valves of both the vent and compressed-air supply connected, respectively, to o posite ends, and a Weight movable u on t elever from one side of its fulcrum to t e other to simultaneously operate both valves of the vent and compressed-air supply, whereby the one is opened and the other closed and vice versa.

2. In a water elevating and distributing system, the combination of separate watertanks, each adapted to receive a supply of water, a vent and a compressed-air pipe connected with each tank, separate valve mechanisms for the vent and compressed-air pipes of said tanks, and a shifting weight adapted to be controlled from a remote point for simultaneously operating the valve mechanisms whereby one of the tanks is cut out of circuit to be replenished, while the other tank is brought into circuit for supplying water as required.

3. In awater elevating and distributing system, the combination of tanks for receiving a supply of water, valved connections between sald tanks, a vent and a compressedair pipe for each of said tanks, separate sets may be charged while water is drawn from ressed-air pipes, a pivoted frame or lever the other tank. to aving the stems of said Valves connected In testimony whereof I afiix my signature therewith, and a shifting weight adapted to a in presence of two witnesses. 5 be controlled from a remote point to efi'ect ABNER D. STRONG. [L. s.]

of controlling-valves for the Vent and comsirnultaneous operation of the Valves to ad- Witnesses: mit of throwing one of the tanks into circuit GEO. D. PARREN, and the other out of circuit, whereby one tank A. T. ULLMAN. 

